Taber's Medical Dictionary
2-methylnaphthalene
(meth″ĭl-naf′thă-lēn″ )
[ methyl + naphthalene ]
C11H10, a polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon made from coal tar. It is used in the manufacture of detergents, insecticides, solvents, and vitamins. It has been found as a contaminant in rivers and other water sources and in some food packaging.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "2-methylnaphthalene." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757345/all/2_methylnaphthalene.
2-methylnaphthalene. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757345/all/2_methylnaphthalene. Accessed April 25, 2025.
2-methylnaphthalene. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757345/all/2_methylnaphthalene
2-methylnaphthalene [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 25]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/757345/all/2_methylnaphthalene.
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